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APPLICATIONS

PLAYERS: 46 / 70
(please note that this count is only updated when apps begin; the taken page is the most up-to-date list.)

canons at cap: N/A
canons approaching cap: marvel (6/7)

Applications are currently CLOSED.
In the Night's application system operates every other month. They will next open on May 22 at 12:01 AM EST!

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Hello, and welcome to In the Night! We're excited to have you, but before you apply, we ask that you familiarize yourself with the following:

Make sure you look over the premise, rules, and FAQ pages.

Be sure to check the taken page to make sure the character you want to app is not already spoken for.

Current players apping second/third characters may app at any time during the application period, as they already occupy player slots.

Applications will no longer be screened, but in the event that we receive more apps than we have available player slots, we'll inform the players that didn't quite make the cut-off. They'll be able to re-app in a future app cycle without consequence.

App cycles begin at the end of the month, with applications always opening on the 22nd. Please check the calendar for exact dates. Judgments and questions will be handed out once applications close, and new characters will arrive in the game on the first day of the following month.

There is currently a total game cap of 70 players, and a cast cap of 7 characters per cast. Each player may play a maximum of 3 characters.

You are limited to 1 app per player per month.

In the Night does not have a reserve period and there are no app challenges.

We do accept proxy apps! If you won't be around when applications open, you're welcome to have a friend submit the app for you. As we ask that apps be written in separate journal entries and linked to this page, this should be as simple as dropping a link! We only ask that your friend include a note in the comment that it's a proxy application, just in case we need to contact you before the app is processed.

Application instructions/process:

Make sure you fill out the application completely.

The only section you are exempt from is the CRAU section, provided you are not playing a CRAU character.

You are free to rearrange the sections of the app if you wish (everything under the world description, that is).

You may provide links to wiki pages for the history and world sections, but if these are not informative enough, you may be asked to do a small write-up of your own.

When posting apps, please post them to your character's journal and link them in the comments below. All comments on this page are initially unscreened, but you may lock your app to only be visible to the mod journal (@inthenightmods) if you wish. If you aren't sure how to do this, let us know and we'll walk you through it!

The subject line should contain Name | Canon | New Player/Current Player.

We require both log and network samples. One of these samples must be from our game's TDM, and one must be a thread with replies. One thread can meet both qualifications.

We do not ask for revisions, we simply ask questions. Think of it as more of a dialogue than a correction. We may ask for clarification on certain points or ask for more information, but we generally won't ask you to change something.

If you receive questions on your app, you must respond within 48 hours. Failure to do so will result in a rejection.

If you want examples, please see the mod characters and sample apps in the comments.

If you post your app after the player slots have been filled, we will keep you in a temporary queue to fill any player slots that become available between apps opening and our activity check closing, which happens at midnight on the last day of the month. In this event, we will contact you directly!

The application (with guidelines) is in the box below:

PLAYER INFO
<blockquote>Player Name:
Player Contact:
Character(s) In-Game: </blockquote>
CHARACTER INFO
<blockquote>Character Name: (Include aliases if they will be used in-game. For consistency's sake, please use the Western format of given name followed by surname.)
Age: (Include how old they look if they are immortal or involved in other time shenanigans.)
Canon:
 World Description: (A wiki link is fine in the case of canon characters. For original characters, stick to 1-2 paragraphs.)
 History: (Again, a wiki link is fine for canon characters. With original characters, try to stick to 1-2 paragraphs.)
 CRAU: (You may delete this line or put NA if not playing CRAU. If you are playing CRAU, please describe your character's time in their other game, and how it changed or affected them. Remember that you may not stack more than one game's worth of CRAU.)
 Death: (Briefly describe how your character died. If your character dies in canon and this is already included in the history section, then a few words will suffice.)
 What are your plans for this character in-game? (These don't have to be concrete, and you're not locked into these ideas, but we at least encourage players to give this some thought. This could be your plans for character development, any plots your character may want to be involved with, etc. There are no wrong answers here, including "I'm not sure". We're more interested in your thought process.)
 What aspects of this game and/or its setting are you most interested in having this character engage with? (Again, no wrong answers here. Consider this a little survey for mod purposes.)
 How does your character generally get along with other people? (Note that characters who don't get along with people aren't going to be automatically rejected for it. We're simply encouraging applicants to think about how their characters will fare in a social situation.)
 What is your character's mental state upon entering the game? (This could be related to their death, the canon they left behind, suddenly arriving in Beacon, etc.)
 Skills/Abilities: (Some powers may require nerfing. Please see the FAQ for more information.)
 Flaws/Weaknesses: (Please include not only personality flaws and physical weaknesses, but any phobias your character might have, and any people in their life that would count as a weakness. This information may be used for events.)
 Personality: (Once again, 1-2 paragraphs will suffice. This section should simply cover the basics, and anything you feel is important that was not covered by the questions above. What sort of things do you keep in mind while playing this character? That's the stuff we're looking for.)
 Items: (Remember that your character can only take what was on their person at the time of their death. Magic items may require nerfing, and all items/clothing will be in the condition they were in at death.)</blockquote>
SAMPLES
<blockquote>Log Sample: <a href="LINK">Link</a>
Network Sample: <a href="LINK">Link</a> </blockquote>

RECEIVED APPLICATIONS
*players indicated with an asterisk are new to the game
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW PLAYERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE CAP HAS BEEN REACHED
Current New Player Applications: 10/24

CHARACTER	CANON	JOURNAL	PLAYER
Fitz Kreiner	Doctor Who	rereremembered	Keri*
Ephrim	Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron	sunsbreath	Mawi
Jessica Jones	Marvel	underachievement	Pink*
Haein Seo	Original Character	unwieldy	Yuul*
Ventus	Kingdom Hearts	reposer	Jai*
Pudding Charlotte	One Piece	flangirl	Daz*
Angel	Borderlands	girlcorrupted	Tam*
Senri	+Anima	bear_necessities	Ket*
Getaway	Transformers IDW	discountstarscream	Lady*
Shouto Todoroki	My Hero Academia	swellter	Blythe*
Ardyn Izunia	Final Fantasy XV	immortalaccursed	Psi
Megara	Disney	bigtoughgirl	Carlee
Audrey Flowers	The Magicians	hedgeflowers	Chase*

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Edited 2019-05-31 01:03 (UTC)

fortune favors the brave, dude.

Hello and thank you for your interest in In the Night! Before we make a decision regarding your app, we'd like to ask some follow-up questions.

You mentioned that Will is more difficult to deal with than other NPCs and usually requests payment for his services. Could you tell us more about what sort of "costs" come with asking for his help?

Here's a hypothetical: Character X is similarly self-centered and mean, and they go to Will to request a service that only he can provide (app development, let's say). Character X gets angry when they inevitably butt heads with Will. Would this bad experience prevent Will from ever working with or helping this character in the future? Or would he be open to some form of reconciliation?

Please respond to this comment with your answers! You'll have 48 hours to do so before your app is automatically rejected.

Keep in mind also that our asking for clarification/elaboration is not indicative of an incomplete or poorly-written app; we just want to know a little more about your character. As with the app, we ask that you keep your answers concise. Thank you!

Edited 2019-05-31 03:50 (UTC)

Hello and thank you for your interest in In the Night! Before we make a decision regarding your app, we'd like to ask some follow-up questions.

You mention that the setting is very "Anti-Newt", but that you think he will nonetheless thrive in it. You explained why from an RP standpoint, but ICly, how do you think Newt will deal with the change? Do you think he'll able to ultimately recover from it?

You mention that Newt is arrogant and highly intelligent. How does he deal when confronted with new information, or even information that contradicts his current knowledge?

Sure thing!

1. Though there's not much canon evidence for him reacting one way or the other to change, I don't see him as the type to handle this level of change very well. He's adaptable, but his adaptations have always happened under the assumption that he's moving up or somehow furthering his career. The dude hasn't had a lot of bad luck or hardship in his life, so something as dramatic as dying and coming to an afterlife lacking a lot of the things he loves is going to be hard on him psychologically. He'll adapt with time, but "recover" isn't exactly the word I'd use. It's more that he'll be forced into growing up and accepting it (because his only other option is to be miserable, and, no?). I imagine his first few weeks in Beacon will be spent in fierce, stubborn denial of his new situation, but gradually he'll find a way to give himself a purpose. His knowledge and interests can absolutely be made useful in this setting, though it'll take a bit for him to realize that.

2. While Newt's arrogant and tends to assume he's the smartest person in the room, he's always excited to learn new things, especially in his areas of expertise. A good example of this is in canon, when Newt gets to see a black market dealer's collection of Kaiju specimens. His immediate reaction is pretty classic "kid in a candy shop", running around too excited to form coherent sentences or linger on one topic for too long. He knows he's dealing with a shady criminal who likely has no scientific interest in the specimens and is just looking to profit off of them, but it doesn't stop him from being just so hype to learn about preservation techniques and anatomical details that he, the leading Kaiju expert, does not already know. Arrogant as he may be, he loves talking shop and sharing information, and even manages to keep his ego out of the equation (unless the other person gets sassy, that is).

No problem!

For the first question: Will has a tendency to use other people to get what he wants, and charging for his services is just another manifestation of that. So while some of his prices may be physical items like drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and other sorts of "contraband" that characters brought from their home worlds, others will be more akin to favors. He might want something done that he isn't willing to do himself, (usually involving physical activity,) or he might create a sort of favor-chain by making characters do something for Rastus in order to procure items that he himself wants. If he can't think of anything he needs or wants at the moment, he might resort to just being needlessly cruel. Which ties into my answer to the second question!

Will is a grudge-holder. If someone made him angry, (more than he normally is, anyway,) Will would be likely to hike his "prices" next time this person came to him. He might ask for something more important to this character, or ask them to do something that would be personally humiliating or especially difficult. If he dislikes them enough, he might demand that they do something dangerous. These things wouldn't necessarily be for his benefit outside of tormenting the other person. Of course, if his survival is on the line, all of that goes out the window; he's much more likely to help people if what they're working for is important to his own continued existence, grudges aside.

Thank you, and we are pleased to tell you that you've been accepted to In the Night! Welcome aboard, Leu. Now...

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Your character will arrive in Beacon with the intro log on July 1, and your tag on the game comms will be will ingram (leu). We look forward to playing with you!

Edited 2019-06-10 05:09 (UTC)

Thank you, and we are pleased to tell you that you've been accepted to In the Night! Welcome aboard, Mippins. Now...

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Your character will arrive in Beacon with the intro log on July 1, and your tag on the game comms will be newton geiszler (mippins). We look forward to playing with you!

Edited 2019-06-10 05:09 (UTC)

how would you like to be friends forever and ever?

Hello and thank you for your interest in In the Night! Before we make a decision regarding your app, we'd like to ask some follow-up questions.

With Mary being so young, how do you think she'll fare in the setting in terms of independence? Will she be able to take care of herself? (Also, just to clarify, if she'll have trouble caring for herself, that doesn't necessarily mean we won't welcome her into the game! We're more curious in how you plan to address that lack of independence if it's going to be a thing.)

How do you think Mary would deal, on a long-term basis, with the fact that this world may not contain the things she's searching for, such as friends her age? How do you think she will fare in a place so similar to the one she's just escaped? (No sunshine, few people, etc.)

In regards to age, due to the fact that Mary is not and has never been a human child, she's never necessarily had anyone to care for her in the ways that a regular child would expect care. Although she expresses herself, for the most part, in the same ways any regular girl her age would, because "9" is only the age by which she's always been, she's lived for an undetermined length of time. Needing to eat and sleep will be new to her, so she may initially require assistance or instruction, but aside from her simple desire to have company, independence shouldn't be an issue for her! Once she understands the facets of her new reality, she'll adapt accordingly. Often times, she plays up her apparent youth to get what she wants, and not necessarily because she doesn't actually know any better.

As for the second question, it's interesting! This is something that I'm definitely looking forward to finding out for myself as the game progresses. Fortunately, because it's so much like the world she recalls, it won't necessarily have a negative change on her personality other than frustration and perhaps a general impulse to be less-human in her behaviors. She may swing, like a child has a temper tantrum, into less stable moods, bouts of violence, and a manic giddiness to cope with the stress of the situation. But she's not unreasonable, and having company that can emote with her and talk her out of these more inhuman modes of expression will be a big help to her! Even without having anyone her age, mentors and role models are a welcome change to the equally unstable paintings by which she's ordinarily surrounded.

As another aside, one of the things that she's missed so dearly is the ability to live with her father, the artist. Where there may be a lack of children, I can't imagine she'll have as much trouble finding someone by which she may find the fatherly figure that she's been lacking.

Let me know if there's anything further that I can clarify!

Thank you, and we are pleased to tell you that you've been accepted to In the Night! Welcome aboard, Danielle. Now...

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Your character will arrive in Beacon with the intro log on July 1, and your tag on the game comms will be mary (danielle). We look forward to playing with you!

Edited 2019-06-16 20:57 (UTC)

i could put literally any hozier lyric and it'd sound deep right here

They try and talk to me all the time, all they hear is "Pika Pika"

Hello and thank you for your interest in In the Night! Before we make a decision regarding your app, we'd like to ask some follow-up questions.

In the "skills/abilities" section, you said that Rosalind is just a normal human, albeit a genius. What are her more "mundane" (ie, not supernatural) abilities? For example, what are her scientific specialties?

If Rosalind dies during Fink's sabotage of her equipment, this would mean that a majority of Rosalind's canon appearance would occur after this canonpoint you've chosen for her. Do you imagine this would contribute to any differences between her in canon versus her in this game? Other than the differences you've already listed, that is.

She's a quantum physicist! She specializes in things like atoms, but given the fact she quickly moved from suspending atoms in midair to, you know, tearing open the universe, I headcanon she's got a pretty decent grip on all the sciences.

A lot of other abilities are inferred things: ie, she can dance, because she and Robert are seen to waltz at once point; she's fairly okay with blood and can at least handle a weapon, because she and Robert killed and mutilated a man just to get Booker really motivated. She enjoys art (she's stolen a rare painting, I know I've mentioned that but I just am constantly in awe of it), literature, and learning: we know she's yanked books from the future in order to study more, and looks into things like psychology, a field that has little to do with her chosen one.

And for the second question: I do! I think her being a supernatural being really led to a lot of detachment for her: it's very easy not to care about things when you're so removed from them, after all, and when you've seen a hundred failed versions already. And lbr, Rosalind was never particularly caring in the first place. She has a severe issue of apathy and an unimpressed air, even with those she might otherwise have felt something for in canon.

(Ie: at no point does her dialogue indicate any pity or remorse for Elizabeth, or indeed, even recognition. And yet in her journals, we do see Rosalind is self-aware: she knows how she contributed to Comstock's madness, and how much is her own fault. We can assume she acknowledges the same for her contribution in ruining Elizabeth's life, and yet supernatural!Rosalind really just does not care at all. I mean, the second the ending is confirmed the Luteces just yeet out of the game, they just go, they have done their job and that's that.)

So yes! I think her development here will be different because she's always been human, and at no point was even aware there was another option. She'll be slightly (slightly) more in touch with her emotions and with the more minute reality of day-to-day things, rather than constantly thinking on a broader, universal scale.

Thank you, and we are pleased to tell you that you've been accepted to In the Night! Welcome aboard, Kit. Now...

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Your character will arrive in Beacon with the intro log on July 1st, and your tag on the game comms will be rosalind lutece (kit). We look forward to playing with you!

Edited 2019-06-16 20:56 (UTC)

I'll be using this journal, and feel free to unscreen!

Hello and thank you for your interest in In the Night! Before we make a decision regarding your app, we'd like to ask some follow-up questions.

We'd like to know a bit more about Pikachu's special abilities, specifically in regards to how you intend for these abilities to work in game. For example, do the abilities just do damage or would Pikachu be able to use them in other ways, such as to power a machine?

Although Pikachu skips this part of the movie as per his canonpoint, would it ever be possible for him to realize his true identity in this game? Either through his own realization or through something like an in-game event. If it's something you would be interested in addressing in an event, we'll file that away for future reference...

- For starters, Pikachu's control over his powers is currently erratic to begin with, although at his point in his canon he is beginning to have a better grip on them than before so he can actually utilize them to some degree. Pikachu in game would be able to do damage, though he could not use an attack like Flash that would be solely light based as the light would not manifest as anything more than perhaps a shadow. As for powering a machine, Pikachu could potentially be able to kickstarter a machine with electricity but anything more nuanced than that (i.e. consistent powering of a machine, particularly a complex machine) would be unlikely given his current control over his powers is erratic. So for example he could probably give a car with a dead battery a jolt to give it that bit of extra life to get started but he could not act in place of the car's battery for the car to run long term.

- I think it would be possible for Pikachu to potentially unlock his memories as Harry Goodman and I certainly think that journey would be a fascinating thing to explore in game. At the point from which he is taken Pikachu is already questioning the narrative that he was fed by Howard and hasn't had proper time to digest it so this will lead him further down the rabbit hole of trying to piece the mystery together. However, his loss of memory is from more than just simple amnesia so likely it would require some outside help to access the well of memories, and this I could see stemming from an event or potential character interactions. So yes, I would definitely love to play out that realization at some point if there is an organic means of having Pikachu come to that realization.

Thank you, and we are pleased to tell you that you've been accepted to In the Night! Welcome aboard, Bee. Now...

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Your character will arrive in Beacon with the intro log on July 1st, and your tag on the game comms will be pikachu (bee). We look forward to playing with you!